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Saints Anne and Joachim
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Lippi, Filippino: The Meeting of Joachim and Anne Outside the Golden Gate of Jerusalem
Lippi, Filippino: The Meeting of Joachim and Anne Outside the Golden Gate of Jerusalem The Meeting of Joachim and Anne Outside the Golden Gate of Jerusalem, tempera on panel by Filippino Lippi, 1497; in the National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen.

Saints Anne and Joachim

parents of Mary
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Saints Anne and Joachim (flourished 1st century bce, Palestine; Western feast day July 26, Eastern feast day July 25) were, according to tradition derived from certain apocryphal writings, the parents of the Virgin Mary. St. Anne is one of the patron saints of Brittany and Canada and of women in labor. As the grandparents of Jesus, Saints Anne and Joachim are also considered the patron saints of grandparents. Information concerning their lives and names is...

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